Craig Bradney wrote: > On Tuesday 14 March 2006 16:39, Philipp Wagner wrote: > >>Craig Bradney wrote: >> >>>On Monday 13 March 2006 22:03, Philipp Wagner wrote: >>> >>>>Hi, >>>>I have a small suggestion for the Windows installer. Would it be >>>>possible, to have a check at the beginning of the installer if >>>>GhostScript (new enough version) and the GDI+-lib is installed and if >>>>not, grab it from the internet and install it first? A lot of windows >>>>user are not used to read a page of instructions first before installing >>>>a software package, so I got already a couple questions from friends to >>>>explain to them how the installation works (well, some of them didn't >>>>understand english and so weren't able to understand the instruction >>>>page on the homepage). >>> >>>I'm not sure exactly what we can do there. We could even include GDI+, >>>but we decided due to its distribution license, that *distributing it* >>>clashed with our licenses enough to not do so. You have to go click on >>>their special sign your life away page, or get it from some other >>>source.. >>> >>>We can probably put a check in though. >> >>Well, I do not vote for including GDI+ or GS (it increases the package >>size without need for most of the people), too. But if the licence GDI+ >>does not forbid grabbing it from the internet during the installation >>process and installing it right away (and I don't think it does/could), >>the scribus installer should grab it without having the user open his >>browser first and install it manually. >>GDI+ is not distributed under GPL or any other open source licence, >>sure, but still I think usability is a higher goal than some ideas of >>not wanting to "mix" non-open-source with OS-licenced software. There's >>no win for anyone by not including these two (required/almost required) >>packages in the installer (including is not distributing it with it, but >>downloading it if needed). > > > Usability must suffer if the distribution license is not compatible. It must > also suffer if MS forces the user to click on a page or fully register your > Windows within their windows or MS online update system to be able to > download it (so us grabbing a URL might not be possible). AFAIK, any other > download means by them is not "allowed". GDI+ however is included with XP > anyway, its only those running 2K that have the issue.
And what's about GhostScript? Philipp
